A call to mission : the Jesuits in China / David Strong SJ.

Title varies: A Call to mission--a history of the Jesuits in China 1842-1954

Volume 1, title page gives dates 1842-1955; volume 2 title page gives dates 1827-1957.
Volume 2 cover shows part title as: The wider European and American adventure.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Volume 1. The French romance -- volume 2. The wider European adventure.

Publishers note--This volume intends to tackle two problems. The first is the historical framework of imperialism - until now widely applied by Western and Chinese scholars as an approach to the Christian evangelization movement in China. The theological aspect of the missionary action is seldom taken into account, nor is religion treated as an authentic human experience. In this volume two authors try to place the position of the Christian mission in its broader context. Scott Somers reflects on the changing image of the Japanese occupation in Taiwan, based on Protestant missionary sources; Koen De Ridder discusses the early diplomatic contacts between China and Belgium and the position of the Belgian missionaries. A second problem dealt with is that of the native Christians. While Jessie Lutz attempts to sketch a profile of the Chinese Protestant evangelizers, Jean-Paul Wiest focuses his attention on the Roman Catholics among the Chinese Hakka minority. Gary Tiedemann explains the material, spiritual and political incentives for conversion among the inhabitants of North China, paying special attention to the socio-political profile of the converts. In the contribution of Ann Heylen we return to Taiwan, where we are offered a better understanding of the Protestant contribution to the study of the Min language. Finally, Karel Steenbrink describes the changing religious affiliation of assimilated Chinese in Indonesia during the period 1900-1942.

Contents: Introduction / Ku Wei-ying and Koen De Ridder -- Missionaries, opium and imperialism in the Western perceptions of the Japanese colonial empire in Taiwan / Scott Sommers -- The first diplomatic contacts between Belgium and China: its background and consequences for politics, trade and mission activity / Koen De Ridder -- A profile of Chinese protestant evangelists in the mid-nineteenth century / Jessie G. Lutz -- Was the Christian God partial to the Hakka people? / J.-P.Wiest -- Conversion patterns in North China. Sociological profiles of Chinese Christians, 1860-1912 / R.G. Tiedemann -- Missionary Linguistics on Taiwan. Romanizing Taiwanese: codification and standardization of dictionaries in Southern Min (1837-1923) / Ann Heylen -- The religious quest of the Chinese diaspora of Southeast Asia ca 1900-1942 / Karel Steenbrink.

The Catholic invasion of China : remaking Chinese Christianity / D.E. Mungello.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Catholicism and Western imperialism in China -- Spiritual domination by European Catholics in nineteenth-century China -- European resistance to the emergence of an indigenous Catholic church -- Love and hysteria in Catholic orphanages in China -- Sexual domination by Catholic priests in China -- The misreading of the missionary 'debacle' in China.

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"This dissertation surveys the history of Christianity in China during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, with particular attention given to Chinese clergy and lay Christians. A variety of issues are discussed: the social organization of Christian communities, the networks among communities in different localities, internal tensions and conflicts, and Christian devotions in relation to the printing and circulation of Chinese Christian texts known as "scriptures".
By examining a group of unusual sources that have been mostly neglected by past scholars---the correspondence of Chinese Christians with ecclesiastical authorities in Rome, and other more familiar but little studied sources such as memorials and edicts regarding the investigation and interrogation of Chinese Christians and Western missionaries during the period of prohibition (1724-1844)---I intend to show how the imperial ban on Christianity in 1724, especially the expulsion of missionaries and the closing of all churches outside the imperial capital, may have affected Christian beliefs and practices at the local level.
The historical survey of the period from 1724 to 1780 and the two case studies in Beijing and Jiangnan from 1780 to 1860 will demonstrate that the repression of Christianity and periodic anti-Christian campaigns did, to some extent, help to shape the Christian community in China, making them into a whole body of people connected by religious identity, as distinguished from non-Christians. Yet this strong sense of community may also have been due to spiritual and social connections with Christian communities beyond China.
A second contribution of this dissertation study has to do with its exploring the nuances of Christian and other forms of popular devotions. Recent scholarship that sees Christianity primarily as a Chinese popular religion may have underestimated its distinctive "foreignness" and in part misunderstood what conversion meant in the context of Chinese religion and society. To some extent, Chinese converts were attracted to Christianity because it provided another choice for them beyond the existing religious traditions. A drastically different calendar characterized by distinctive feast days, fasting and abstinence, veneration of saints, along with other peculiar Christian beliefs and practices, have become what I define as "alternative devotions".--OCLC record.
See also sections on the Russian Orthodox Church in China and its contacts with the Jesuits, the Beitang, Nantang, and church properties during the early 19th century.

"Following the prohibition of missionary activity after 1724, China's Christians were effectively cut off from all foreign theological guidance. The ensuing isolation forced China's Christian communities to become self-reliant in perpetuating the basic principles of their faith. Left to their own devices, the missionary seed developed into a panoply of indigenous traditions, with Christian ancestry as the common denominator. Christianity thus underwent the same process of inculturation as previous religious traditions in China, such as Buddhism and Judaism. As the guardian of orthodox morality, the prosecuting state sought to exercise all-pervading control over popular thoughts and social functions. This study therefore presents the campaigns against Christians during this period as part and parcel of the campaign against 'heresy' and 'heretical' movements in general." -- Publisher description.

Defining the research parameters -- Aims and structure -- Our sources : a word of caution -- Geography -- Through inculturation to Chinese Christianity -- Accommodation and inculturation -- Japan's 'hidden Christians' -- The evolution of Chinese Christianity -- Christian missions and popular religious culture -- The philosophical background -- Christianity and the Manchurian elite -- Late imperial Christianity : popular cult or alien creed? -- Filial sons and a world of demons -- Ancestral tablets and auspicious inscriptions -- Interaction with other movements -- Peasant millenarianism and Christian theology -- Guilt, sin, universal harmony -- Healing and black magic -- Death and afterlife -- Materialism and superstition : attitudes towards religious discipline -- Matrimony and filial duty -- Inherited identity in Christian villages -- Itinerant Christians, private religious practice, and the interest of the state -- A protective father : official perceptions of Christianity and government action against sectarian movements -- The philosophical basis for anti-heresy campaigns -- The Confucian order and the importance of family ties -- State-sanctioned orthodoxy and 'heresy' -- Christianity as target : a chronology of state action -- The Yongzheng Edict of 1724 -- The Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns (1736-1821) -- The Adeodato Affair and the persecution of 1805 -- The persecution of 1811 and its aftermath -- Relaxation of anti-Christian state action during the Daoguang period -- The perplexed official : Christianity as heterodox mystery -- The official description of heresy -- 'Heretical' writings -- Christianity as internal menace -- Between social control and official paranoia -- Poverty and persecution -- The state versus Christian 'heresy' -- Christianity as alien intrusion -- Conclusion : Chinese Christianity and the fear of 'heresy'.

Introduction -- The Qing dynasty (1644-1911) -- History of Christianity in China prior to 1842 -- The opium wars and the treaties -- Christian missions and treaty rights -- Activities of missionaries after the treaties -- Management of missionary affairs -- The epilogue.

The relationship between the missionaries and the unequal treaties is an intriguing one. Christianity is a religion of love, which determines not only its spirit and purpose and also its method of gaining converts. Beginning with the opium wars in the 1840s and continued to 1860s, as a result of series of military defeats, humiliating treaties were imposed upon the Qing government, and in these treaties were incorporated the so-called religious toleration clauses, which made possible the establishment of Christian churches in all parts of China and also put missionaries and their converts under the protection of the invading Western powers. The early missionaries, both Catholic and Protestant, who acted as interpreters when these treaties were made, did have a definite hand in the insertion of such clauses into the treaties. How can a religion of love associate itself with the power of force to spread its message? This book tries to present a readable account of the activities of missionaries during these tumultuous years. -- Preface.

OCLC-LC Authority rec'd mistakenly has two entries for the same author Ho, Herbert H. & [Ho Hoi-lap ; He Kaili 何凯立] 1949-

Catholics and society in eighteenth-century Sichuan / Robert E. Entenmann -- Catholic converts in Jiangxi province : conflict and accomodation, 1860-1900 / Alan R. Sweeten -- Rural religion and village organization in North China : the Catholic challenge in the late nineteenth century / Charles A. Litzinger -- Twilight of the Gods in the Chinese countryside : Christians, Confucians, and the modernizing state, 1861-1911 / Roger R. Thompson -- Christian missionary as Confucian intellectual : Gilbert Reid (1857-1927) and the reform movement in the late Qing / Tsou Mingteh -- Politics of evangelism at the end of the Qing : Nanchang, 1906 / Ernest P. Young -- From barbarians to sinners : collective conversion among plains Aborigines in Qing Taiwan, 1859-1895 / John R. Shepherd -- Christianity and the Hua Miao : writing and power / Norma Diamond -- Christianity and Hakka identity / Nicole Constable -- Christian virgins in eighteenth-century Sichuan / Robert E. Entenmann -- Chinese women and Protestant Christianity at the turn of the twentieth century / Kwok Pui-Lan -- "Cradle of female talent" : the McTyeire home and school for girls, 1892-1937 / Heidi A. Ross -- "Oasis in a heathen land" : St. Hilda's school for girls, Wuchang, 1928-1936 / Judith Liu and Donald P. Kelly -- Christianity, feminism, and communism : the life and times of Deng Yuzhi / Emily Honig -- Karl Gutzlaff's approach to indigenization : the Chinese union / Jessie G. Lutz and R. Ray Lutz -- Contextualizing Protestant publishing in China : the Wenshe, 1924-1928 / Peter Chen-Main Wang -- Growth of independent Christianity in China, 1900-1937 / Daniel H. Bays -- Toward independence : Christianity in China under the Japanese occupation, 1937-1945 / Timothy Brook -- Y.T. Wu : a Christian leader under communism / Gao Wangzhi -- Holy Spirit Taiwan : Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity in the Republic of China / Murray A. Rubinstein.

Publisher description ; Table of contents.

Cultures colliding : American missionaries, Chinese resistance, and the rise of modern institutions in China /  John R. Haddad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Into the Crucible: Shandong Missionaries Face Resistance -- An Exercise in Futility: The Struggles of Missionaries in the South -- Christ versus the Demons: Encounters with the Chinese Supernatural -- Cutting the Cord: Chinese Ministers Out on Their Own -- Crisis Breeds Invention: The Emergence of New Missionary Models -- The Spirit of Debate: The Missionary Conference of 1877 and Aftermath -- A New Kind of Man: Experiments in Hybrid Identity -- Challenging Convention: Single Women Enter Missions -- Transforming Health: Female Doctors Enter Medical Missions -- Hybrid Healers: American-trained Chinese Women in Medicine -- Extroverted Evangelists: The Student Volunteer Movement and the YMCA -- Ivory Pagodas: The Rise of Christian Colleges -- Conclusion: Into the Twentieth Century.

"This book tells the history of how and why American missionaries started building schools, colleges, medical schools, hospitals, and YMCA chapters in China before 1900"-- Provided by publisher.

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Contents note: I. The Nineteenth Century: Dynasty, Foreign Devils and the Kingdom of God. II. The Twentieth Century: Warlords, Nationalism and the Emerging Church.
Keywords: Missionary enterprise, the Middle Kingdom in 1837, early missions, coming of the Protestants, first encounters 1837-1856, Singapore, First Opium War, Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing), Xiamen, Ningbo, Canton (Guangzhou), Shanghai, Bible translation, treaty ports and the Long-Haired Rebels, 1856-1866; Arrow War, missionaries and the colonial system, San Poh, Presbyteries, Shandong Mission, Taiping Rebellion, Taipings and Christian missions; Heart of the Empire, 1867-1893, anti-foreign movements, rapid expansion of the missions, policies and practices, Central China Mission, North China Mission, Shandong Mission, South China Mission, Hainan Island Mission; along the Grand Canal, 1867-1893, Hangzhou, Suzhou, North Jiangsu, Lingwu, United Presbyterian Church, Missionary Conference of 1890; Advocates of Reform, 1894-1899, Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), scramble for concessions, reform movement, the Boxer Year 1900, Righteous and Harmonious Fists, Weixian, Siege days at Peking (Beijing), Martyrs of Boading, Boxer Protocols; Hunan Mission, Nanjing Theological Seminary, United Synod, Goforth/Ting Revivals, Chinese renaissance, Isle of Palms, Church of Christ in China, National Christian Council, missionary medicine, John G. Kerr Refuge for the Insane, Hackett Medical School for Women, Ming Sum School for the Blind, Chefoo School for the Deaf, Shandong Christian University School of Medicine, Love and Mercy Hospital, Huaiyin, Christian school system, Station Academies, China Colleges, Hangzhou Christian College, University of Nanjing, Ginling (Jinling) College for Women, Yenching (Yanjing) University, Northern Expedition, anti-Christian movement.
Appendix: Prebyterian Mission Hospitals in China -- Presbyterian Mission Schools -- Presbyterian Missionaries, 1837-1953.

Handbook of Christianity in China. Vol. 2, 1800-present / edited by R.G. Tiedemann.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Appendix includes tables of religious communities, missionary societies, statistics on Vicariates apostolic, staff, families, and Christian communities.

"This second volume on Christianity in China covers the period from 1800 onwards up to the present, divided into three main periods, and dealing with the complexities of both Catholic and Protestant aspects. Also in this volume the reader will be guided to and through the Chinese and Western primary and secondary sources by carefully selected major scholars in the field. Produced with financial support from the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim."--Pub. note.

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I. [A.] Study of the history of local churches / Arnulf Camps, O.F.M. -- Contemporary relevence of mission history / Jean-Paul Wiest -- Interpretation of Christian history in China / Jean Charbonnier, M.E.P. -- Chinese-centered mission history / Paul Rule.
[B.] About Chinese Catholics (late Qing-early Republican era) / Françoise Aubin -- Passionists in Twentieth-century China / Robert Carbonneau, C.P. -- Historiography and Christian missions in China: case study of the Belgian Franciscans in southwest Hubei / Carine Dujardin -- Shaping of the late Qing's policy toward Christianity / Ku Wei-ying (Gu Weiying)-- Method of apostolate in modern China /Joseph Shih, S.J. -- Career of Christianity in China -- Tang Yi -- Christianity in a violent environment / Gary Tiedemann -- Chinese Catholic Bishops appointed in China by Pope Pius XII during the period 1949-1955 / Anthony Lam Sui-ki -- Seminary formation in China today and prospect for the future / John Tong -- Formation of Sisters in China / John Tong -- Franciscan theological education in China / Berward Willeke, O.F.M. -- Comparative study of the missionary approach of Theodoor Rutjes, C.I.C.M. and Martinus Poell, O.F.M. / Jolanda Jansen -- Attitude of Karl Gutzlaff towards Catholicism and Catholic missions in China / Jessie Lutz -- Apôtre et Chinois: Vincent Lebbe / Claude Soetens -- Lu Zhengxiang: a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Sint-Andries / Ann Vansteelandt -- About the unpublished letters concerning Chinese techniques written by Father Louis Hélot / Colette Dieny -- Two Chinese Catholic universities and a major Catholic thinker: Zhendan, Furen, and Ma Xiangbo / Edward Malatesta, S.J. -- China's role in the foundation and development of the Pontificial Society of the Holy Childhood / Alain Sauret -- History of the Diocese of Xiwanzi under the C.I.C.M. Fathers (1865-1950) / Stephan Aguirre y Otegui -- Educational work of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the context of the Church's mission in Shanghai / Madeleine Chi, R.S.C.J. -- Sisters of Providence in China / Jeanne Knoerle, S.P. -- China missions of the Abbey of Sint-Andries near Bruges / Christian Papeians de Morchoven, O.S.B. -- Life and mission of the Daughters of Jesus in mainland China / Maria Perez, F.I. -- Trappist monks in China / Paolino Quattrocchi, O.C.S.O., Charles J. McCarthy, S.J. -- Camillians (Order of St. Camillus) in China (1946-1952) / Celestino Rizzi, M.I.
[C.] S.V.D. missions in China / Richard Hartwich, S.V.D. -- Assignment in Zhejiang (Scarboro Foreign Mission Society) / Raymond O'Toole, S.F.M. -- Belgian mission of Scheut in southwestern Mongolia (1870-1922) / Patrick Taveirne, C.I.C.M. -- M.I.C. in China / Huguette Turcotte, M.I.C. -- Cartographie jésuite et perspectives missionnaires / Minako Deburgh -- Le Pè Verbiest et la cartographie des pays chrétiens / Minako Debergh.
II. Some terms of reference in the writing of mission histories / Anthony Chang Sang-loi -- History of the Catholic Church in Hongkong / Bernard Hung-kay Luk. III. Model for a global bibliographical guide to Christianity in China / Archie Crouch -- Historiography of the Dominican missions in China / Fidel Villaroel, O.P. -- Twentieth-century Franciscan Missions in China project / Dominic Gandolfi, O.F.M. -- Study program of the Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation / Jeroom Heyndrickx, C.I.C.M. -- China section of the missionary archives of P.I.M.E. / Angelo Lazzarotto, P.I.M.E. -- History of the Jesuit missions in China: some current projects / Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. -- Preparation for the Second Edition of Christianity in China / Wu Xiaoxin -- C.I.C.M. General Archives / Raymond Renson, C.I.C.M. -- Augustinian missions in China / Isacio Rodriguez, O.S.A. -- Columban China History / Bernard T. Smyth, S.S.C.-- Prosopographical study of the C.I.C.M. Congregation in China / Leo van den Berg, C.I.C.M. -- Maryknoll Society history program: retrospective and five-year plan / Jean-Paul Wiest.

Literary representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China / by John T.P. Lai.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: literary turn in the study of Chinese Christianity -- Empire re-mapped: image of Britain in Karl Gützlaff's novels -- Bible in fiction: Chinese Protestant novels of the late nineteenth century -- Bible on stage: Chinese Catholic dramas of the Republican Period -- Saints re-membered: Chinese dramatization of martyrdom -- Popular reception: Chinese folk imagination of Christianity -- Poetic inspiration: biblical imageries in modern Chinese poetry -- Pilgrims re-progressed: Christian interpretation of The Journey to the West -- Conclusion

Literary Representations of Christianity in Late Qing and Republican China' contributes to the "literary turn" in the study of Chinese Christianity by foregrounding the importance of literary texts, including the major genres of Chinese Christian literature (novels, drama and poetry) of the late Qing and Republican periods. These multifarious types of texts demonstrated the multiple representations and dynamic scenes of Christianity, where Christian imageries and symbolism were transformed by linguistic manipulation into new contextualized forms which nurtured distinctive new fruits of literature and modernized the literary landscape of Chinese literature. The study of the composition and poetics of Chinese Christian literary works helps us rediscover the concerns, priorities, textual strategies of the Christian writers, the cross-cultural challenges involved, and the reception of the Bible.

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中國文獻與中國基督教史研究 (Chinese sources and the study of the history of Christianity in China) / Li Tiangang 李天綱 -- 中國基督宗教史研究的史料與視界 (Sources and perspectives on the study of the history of Christianity in China) / 鍾鳴旦 (Nicolas Standaert) -- 康熙時代的歷算活動 : 基于檔案資料的新研究 (Mathematical and astronomical activities during the Kangxi reign period (1662) : a new approach through archival documents) / Han Qi 韓琦 -- 蘇努研究 (Research on Sunu) / Wu Boya 吳伯婭 -- 刊書傳教 : 清代禁教期天主教經卷在民間社會的流傳 (Preaching Christianity through books : the spread of Christian writings in the local society during the suppression of Christianity in the early Qing dynasty) / Zhang Xianqing 張先清 -- 解讀近代福建教會契約文書 (Unscrambling the covenent writs of the Fujian Church in modern times) / Li Li 李莉, Xie Bizhen 謝必震. -- 福州美以美會年議會錄初探 (A preliminary study of the annual conference record of the Fuzhou Episcopal Mission) / Chen Lin 陳林 -- 史料與中華基督教全國總會邊疆服務史實重建 (The historical materials and facts of the border service of the Church of Christ in China) / Deng Jie 鄧杰. -- 親歷者的體驗認知和文本資料的互補和局限 : 中國基督教男女青年會干事的口述采訪 (Study of the interviews with secretaries of the YMCA and YWCA / Zhao Xiaoyang 趙曉陽. -- 傳教運動的圈內聲音 : The Chinese Recorder (1867-1941)初論 (The voice from within the missionary circle: a preliminary discussion of The Chinese Recorder (1867-1941)) / Tao Feiya 陶飛亞 -- 從東西洋考每月統記傳看基督新教早期 (1807-1842)來華傳播 (A study of the early missionary work in China through the analysis of the East-West Examiner) / Lin Yuan 林轅 -- 陳垣與民國基督宗教界交游管窺 : 以往來書信為中心 (An examination of Chen Yuan’s relationships with Catholic and Protestant circles during the Republican era in China) / Liu Xian 劉賢 -- 廣雅書院的景教研究 (Studies on Nestorianism in Guangya Academy) / Zhang Shuqiong 張淑瓊 -- 中國基督教史研究的史料與視界 : 以中國基督教大學史研究為個案 (Sources and perspectives in the study of the history of Christianity in China : With the study of Christian higher eductaion in China as an example) / 吳梓明 Peter Tze-Ming Ng -- 雙重使命 : 傳教士與晚清中國知識結構的演化 (Double missions : Missionaries and the evolution of knowledge in the modern Qing period) / Wu Yixiong 吳義雄 -- 兩種話語 : 清末民初嶺東長老會的權勢轉移(1881-1927) (Two kinds of discourse : the transfer of power of Lingdong Presbyterians in late Qing and early Republican China) / Hu Weiqing 胡衛清 -- 聖母聖心會傳教士在內蒙古中西部的傳教探索 (Preaching activity in central and western Inner Mongolia by CICM missionaries during the late Qing dynasty) / Zhang Yu 張彧 -- 基督教與海外華僑的社會建構 : 以砂拉越詩巫為例 (1901-1951) (Christianity and the social construction of Overseas Chinese : a case study of Sibu, Sarawak (1901-1951)) / Zhu Feng 朱峰.

Missions and localization in Chinese history -- The Taiping vision of world salvation -- The heavenly father and his non-divine sons -- A Confucianized Christian ethic -- Sacrifice and charisma in the heavenly kingdom -- Poetry and patriarchy in the heavenly palace.

Dedication ; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures ; Note on Sources; Chapter 1: Introduction; The "Distortion" of Christianity in the Taipings' Religion; The "Conflict" of Christianity and Confucianism; The Politicization of Hong's Early Religious Message; Vernacularization: The Cultural Impact of Christian Missions; Glocalization: A New Theoretical Framework; Chinese Sources; Structure of the Study; Chapter 2: Missions and Localization in Chinese History; Early Tang: The Nestorian Way in China; Late Ming: Ricci's Re-presentation of Christianity.

Early Qing: Dominican Exorcists in FujianStrategies of Adaptation and Instruments of Localization; Late Qing: The Protestant Missions to China; Protestant Missionary Work: The Foundation for a Localized Christianity; Chapter 3: The Taiping Vision of World Salvation; From Failed Scholar to the "True Ordained Son of Heaven"; The Problem: China's Departure from the "Great Path" of God; The Source: The "Serpent Devil" and His "Demonic Followers" on Earth; The Solution: Hong's Mission to "Destroy the Demons" and "Save the People"; Biblical Inspiration for Hong's Demon-slaying Mission.

The "Collective Enjoyment of Great Peace" on EarthThe Great Peace Utopia as a Confucianized Kingdom of Heaven; Implications of the Taipings' Localized Soteriology; Chapter 4: The Heavenly Father and His Non-divine Sons; The Two Natures of Christ and the Doctrine of the Trinity; An "Imposter" and "Anti-Christ": Missionary Reports on the Second Son of God; Taiping Anthropomorphism: The Heavenly Father and the Heavenly Wives; Taiping Monotheism: "The Heavenly Father Alone Is the One True God"; God, Jesus, and Hong: The Roots of the Heavenly Hierarchy.

Taipings and Missionaries: Different Theological PrioritiesChapter 5: A Confucianized Christian Ethic; Confucius Kneels Before Jesus: The Anti-Confucian Rhetoric of the Taipings; "Uprightness Is the Original Nature of Humankind"; The Heavenly Commandments: The Laws of the Upright; The Chief Transgressions: Licentiousness and Opium Smoking; A Christianized Doctrine of Filial Reverence and Loyalty; A Confucianized Christian Ethic or a Hybrid Moral System?; Chapter 6: Sacrifice and Charisma in the Heavenly Kingdom; Taiping Sacrifices: Animals, Delicacies, Rice, and Tea.

Yang Xiuqing: The "Holy Spirit" and "Wind of the Holy God"Charismatic Communications: The Heavenly Father "Instructs the Multitude"; The Healing Powers of the "Lord Redeemer of Sicknesses"; God Confronts His Son: The Politicization of Charismatic Authority; Yang's Charismata: A Model of Localized Christianity in China; Notes; Chapter 7: Poetry and Patriarchy in the Heavenly Palace; Poems of the Heavenly Father: Context of Production and Significance; The Taipings as "Liberators" of Chinese Women; The Feminine Ideal: Quiet, Submissive, and Chaste.

"This book examines the theological worldview of the Taiping Rebellion (1850-64), a Chinese revolutionary movement whose leader, Hong Xiuquan (1814-64), claimed to be the second son of God and younger brother of Jesus. Despite the profound impact of Christian books on Hong's religious thinking, previous scholarship has neglected the localized form of Christianity that he and his closest followers created. Filling that gap in the existing literature, this book analyzes the localization of Christianity in the theology, ethics, and ritual practices of the Taipings. Carl S. Kilcourse not only reveals how Confucianism and popular religion acted as instruments of localization, but also suggests that several key aspects of the Taipings' localized religion were inspired by terms and themes from translated Christian texts. Emphasizing this link between vernacularization and localization, Kilcourse demonstrates both the religious identity of the Taipings and their wider significance in the history of world Christianity"--Source other than Library of Congress.

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Contents: The light of science and revelation: the mission -- You can see all nations here: Alabama culture and the missionary enterprise -- The intense longing of my heart: -- Preparing for China missions -- One of the hardest things I ever undertook: -- First contact with China -- The peculiar customs are so bewildering: -- Understanding Chinese culture -- The best way is to live one day at a time: -- Missionary life in China -- A trip of preaching, healing, and teaching: missionary work -- I was a different person, my girlhood was past: -- Woman consciousness among Alabama missionaries -- Error is propagated along with truth: conflict among Alabama missionaries -- Jesus Christ had nothing to do with the French: -- Missionaries and Chinese politics: -- You who drink the water, do not forget the person who dug the well: -- The legacies of Alabama missionaries in China.

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